Galton Institute

The Galton Institute (changed its name from the British Eugenics Society in 1988) wiki "exists to promote the public understanding of human heredity and to facilitate informed debate about the ethical issues raised by advances in reproductive technology."

Council
Accessed October 2009:

Council
 * President 	 Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
 * Vice Presidents 	Professor Timothy Cox, Professor David Galton
 * Treasurer 	Professor John Beardmore
 * Secretary 	Patrick James
 * Melissa Bateson
 * Robert D. Cohen
 * Tom Dickins
 * Dian Donnai
 * Lesley Hall
 * Graham A. Hitman
 * Paul Hurd
 * Marcus Pembrey
 * Rebecca Sear


 * General Secretary 	Betty Nixon
 * Newsletter Editor 	Professor Robert D. Cohen

Books

 * Greta Jones and Robert A. Peel, Herbert Spencer: The Intellectual Legacy (Galton Institute, 2004). Review

Contact

 * Web: http://www.galtoninstitute.org.uk

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Eugenics
 * Julian Huxley - former president
 * Charles Davenport, Vice President (1931)